Price-ticket holder



F. DEvlNs PRICE TICKET HOLDER Filed march I21, 192e May 7, 1929.

S E S S E N W W Patented May 7, 1929.

N UNITED STATES FRANCIS DEVINS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PRICE-TICKET HOLDER.

Application filed March 21, 1928. Serial No. 263,429.

This invention relates to a holder for displaying price tickets, cardsand other closely analogous articles.

Sonie of the objects of the present invention are: to provide a holderof the indicated character which may be quickly attached to and bedetached from a suitable support; to provide a holder of theV indicatedcharacter in which price tickets or cards may be readie ily inserted andfrom which they may be readily removed; and to provide a holder of theindicated character which may be manufactured with economy as regardsmaterial and cost. 15

tinguishing featiires and advantages will appear when the followingspecilication is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, inwhich- Figure 1 is a view looking at the front of the holder of thepresent invention with a price card in place.

Fig. 2 is a view looking at the back of the holder.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, showing tlieholder attached to the edge of a suppoit in displaying position.

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the main parts of the holder.

Referring now more particularly to the several views of the drawing, itwill be apparent that the holder of the present iiivention comprises twomain parts, a part and a part 11, together with means whichcooperatively associates the parts 1() and 11 with each other so as tobe quickly attached to' the edge of a table, shelf, counter or likesupport, in displaying position.

` The pait 10 is stamped, bent and formed from a single piece of sheetmetal to provide a plate or main fiat body 12 having a channel Y 13 oneach of the side edges of the body 12, which terminates short of the topedge thereof, at the front of the body, a channel 14 at the lower edgeof the body 12 centrally thereof, a gripping member 15 at the lower edgeof the body 12, a clip 16 on each of the upper corners of the body 12 atthe rear thereof, and a pair of clips 17 struck from the center Thenature of the invention and its disof the body 12 and disposed attherear thereof, and an apertured lug 18 on the rear of the body 12.

The part 11 is stamped, bent and formed from a single piece ot sheetmetal to provide a plate or hat body 19, a channel 20 on the upper edgeoi the body 19, an angular gripping member 21 on the lower edge of thebody 19, and there being an. opening 22 in said body 19. The part 11 isadapted to be associated with the part 10, the opposite side edges o thebody 19 being received respectively between the clips 16 and the body12, and the opposite edges of the body 11 bounding the opening 22 beingreceivable respectively between clips 17 and the body 12. The parts 10and 11 are thus held together :for movement with respect to each other.

In order to set np a clamping or gripping action 'between the grippingmembers 15 and 2l there is provided a means presently to be described. Abolt or pin 23 is rigidly connected with the gripping member 21 of thepart 11 and extends 'through the hole in the lug 18 on the bod 12 of thepart 10. A springj24 surronn s the bolt or pin 23 and has one endthereof in engagement with the lug 18 and the oppoiste end thereof is inengagement with a nut 25 on the pin 23. It will now be apparent that bymoving the part 11 relatively to the part 10, the gripping member 21 maybe moved away from the gripping member 15 to accommodate the edge of asuitable support, such as the edge of atable, shelf or the like, theholder in its entirety being held in a displaying position by thegripping members 15 and 21 which are constantly under the action of thespring 24. It Will also be apparent that the holder may be readilydetached.

The part 1() of the holder serves for supporting a price ticket or card,such as the one indicated at 26, and the said ticket or card is held inplace by the channels 13 and 14.

"When a. price ticket or card ot' a certain size is used it will be heldby the channels 13 and 14, and also by the channel 2O on the part 1l. Itis to be observed that price cards of diil'erent sizes may be held inplace by relying on the use of the channels 13 and 14 only.

vI claim:

A card holder comprising two parts con- I neCted together for relativemovement, said parts having channels adapted to receive the edges of acard to hold the card, said parts also having cooperatively arrangedgripping 5 ineinbers adapted to grip a suitable support to mount theholderthereon to display said card, and means acting on both of saidparts

